Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-03
EDITOR O'BRIEN.
BIS ARRIVAL ASD REcHPrioHrN NEW
YORK CITY.
Ho is Astounded at the Extent OF Ameri-
can sympathy-what Lansdowne's
Deeds Have Done for ireland.
[By telegraph to the pispatch.l


BosToS, June 2.-william O'Briea, Den.
mis- kilb'ide, md Charles RYAN. OF the Dur.
lin trctmon'S journal, left Boston Thu
morning for New York by the II O'Clock
tioin on the Boston and ALBANY Tailr)a1.
A dczen or mcIe admirers gathered % bid
toe visitors "poOd.b ye.v There was n
Dc monstraiou e any kind, owing 10 the
hr ly'ain as well rs 10 the general inlpre..
ip, that O'Brlcn would nor leave Boston
unit his alicToOOn or evening.
htw YOHg, June 81 IN Immense crowd
cleo 'he Academy Of Music this evening
10 Welcome Editor O'Brien, OF the Uaitc0
iTCibnd. Among those pres. Mt were M1y0I
u'wiu, 1x.Mi,or Grace. Bishop F,rreI, OF
GGLtor, y. j q, Nicar.Generil Smith. anh
Gth'Ial - Brine. O'Brien. IN the cDurs'
81 ~, rmaIks. said: am more anr
moe asiOunded at The cXtr ,Ordinarg
* mt of American symplthy, wlic'
HIS heen stirred TO H. utmost depth
y The events OF the lat few week,
tu Canada. | tell you cindiiiy int
f"O pinned and grieved at the
prai-e that you Lave 30 PlOquentv shOwered
uyOn nv head. for we know that our hun.
be 'ilorlS for Ireland would not have been
much only Tor l. lnsdOwne's action. Inns
dCWtc has BEEN moIe successful apostle
for Ireland and The Irish cause than we
could cstr be. Orr feeble voices would
only have told the simple tale, bu'
Iansdowne's deeds In ireland and Lans
dowuC's mobs have told the tale all the
world over a. efectualIy rs IL it had been
blaZoned by an archlngels trumpet. We
han some horrible moments in CInadl, but
ihst expert, nee will lie lightly on my mem.
ory when remember that those incident.
have illustrated far more eabOrately than
a thousand Of my speeches could The
true character OF landIordisn in Ire.
land snd the terrible thing eviction
are ~ being perpelTated In ireland to-day.
There i no man who loves liberty or justice
in The civilized world who does not know
what powerful force we are fighting against.
How does The case stand between us and
Lsusdowne to-day! Lansdowne has said
everything he can say through the press.
ard LCleye his most bitter Darti-
sans dare not stand up today AMI say
that a single charge we have made against
Lansdowue has been denied by himself
We have convicted him OF having laid
waste whole stretch OF country laying
II bare Of men, women, and children. In
a country where in fifty years not sing'e
crime has been committed we have con.
viCied bin of this awful crime, which he
has committed rather than abate one iota
OF rack rent. We have convicted
him Of that without any statement by XII
brifc [applause, or myself. We have con
victeG Tim Ivy the very land commissioners
appointed by the Tory Government and
out OF the mouth Of bis own agent aud his
own arbitrator. ] venture to think thai
john Bright [h0wls and biSse,l-l speak
hon,
I regret that his life Is ending In bit
ter winter rather than in the glo
riOus sunset in which GlldStOne'S
is ending. [Cteers and applause ]
He Brigh) dsapprOvcd of my mission to
Canada In The same breath as that in which
he calls Gl,dstOne n traitor. Shame.l
am not sOrIy to be in such company. Lans-
downe'> acts have justified us in comm.
here TO convict him out OF his oTr
mouth 81 The crime we have ch lrgeo
him with. II he has mln To-
Cara9a 10 carry out his diabollcal work.
wien the law can be called upon to stop Il,
Gre deuOuncing him. ! will do 1t on the
free soil OF America. L1nsdOwne set Ou'
for Toronto on the very day that we
started for Canada. lie went there to per
feet bis dcvIiSb scheme and make himself
pity w lbt ShplpltrNioh VI wv 49, - W.
speech. lie inspired those who carried out
his ouiraces and those were the men who
yofcd themselves like iackasses to his car
rlacp. charge him here with that crIme
tonight. We went TO Canada with four
repre- scatatives OF the New York pres.
with III. These men were literally and
truly our saviOurs. The mob would
have irampled us to death but for the pow
eriul shield Of protection thus thrown over
u.s.
O'Brien closed with a review Of the Irish
question and predicting the ultimate sue
cess Of cancellation over coercion.
Kibride. the eyicled tenant and COM
patriot of O'Brien, spoke briefly.
Letters OF regret were read from Gov
eruor Hill, Ex-Governor IIoadly, Of ONO,
Archbishop Corrigan, Roscoe Conkling,
ard others.
A series Of appropriate resolutions Of
welcome to O'Brien were sdOpted.